Attachment for spades and the like.



J. F. REEDER. ATTACHMENT FOR SPADES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.10, 1914.

Patented June 2, 1914.

avwanioz v JFREEDER JUI-IN I REEDEIRJ, 0F SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR SPADES AND THE LIKE.

LUQSAGO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application filed January 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,399.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that it, JOHN F. Runner, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments forSpades and the like, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inattachments for spades and the like, and has for its primary object toprovide a device of this character which may be readily secured inposition to form a foot piece upon which the operator may place his footto force the spade or other implement to .which the attachment issecured into the ground.

As spades and the like are often very narrow, the operators footfrequently slips off of the same, the shoe coming into engagement withthe sharp upper corner of the implement and often tearing the shoe andinjuring the foot of the operator, and it is an object of my inventionto provide an attachment for the implement which will form an extensionto this narrow upper edge of the implement and serve as a foot rest ofsulficient size to receive the foot of the operator and eliminate dangerof the foot sliding off during use of the implement, as just described.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will beof extremely simple and cheap construction and which will be formed insuch manner that it may be attached to either side of the implement andremovably secured upon the upper edge of the same and which will behighly efficient and effective in use.

A still further object is to generally improve and simplify theconstruction of devices of this character and increase the efliciencythereof without materially increasing the cost of manufacture of thesame.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevational view,of an implement with my attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a sideelevational View, partly in section of the implement, showing theopenings for the prongs of my attachment; Fig. 3 is a side elevationalview of the complete implement with my attachment applied; and Fig. i isa detail perspective view of my invention detached.

Referring more specifically to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1designates the body of the device which has its opposite longitudinaledges 2 extended over the opposite edges of the implement proper 5. Apair of parallel depending ears 3 are secured by their upper edges tothe under face of said body 1 and adapted to be engaged over the upperedge iof the implement proper 5, said cars being engaged upon oppositefaces of said implement proper and provided with registering aperturesthrough which is engaged a bolt 6 or other securing member, it beingunderstood that a suitable aperture is also provided in the implementproper, adjacent the upper outer corner thereof and in alinement withthe apertures in said ears, whereby said bolt may also be passed throughthe implement proper.

To secure the inner end of the body 1 against movement, I have provideda pair of upwardly directed hook members 7, formed upon the inner end ofthe body 1 and adapted to be engaged through the openings 8 in themetallic handle receiving member 9 carried by the implement proper 5. Itwill be understood that the openings 8 are provided in opposite sides ofthe handle receiving member 9 and that the bolt receiving apertures areprovided at each upper corner of the implement proper, whereby theattachment may be secured in position to either side of the implementhandle 10.

It will be understood that the inner end of the body 1 is slightlyconcavcd, whereby said end may partly encircle the handle re ceivingmember 9 when engaged therewith, thereby preventing rocking movement ofthe attachment. It will also be understood that the hook members 7 areformed by turning upwardly the short extcnsionformed on the concavedinner end of the body 1, thereby making it possible to produce thecomplete device from a single blank of metal.

"While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, minorchanges in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may bemade within the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing any of c the advantages of thesame.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising thecombination with an implement proper having bolt openings adjacent itsupper corners and a handle receiving member carried by said implementand provided With openings above the sides of the implement, of a footrest including a body adapted for engagement upon the upper edge of theimplement, depending members carried by said body and adapted forengagement upon opposite sides of the implement, a bolt engaged throughsaid depending members and through one of the bolt openings in theimplement to secure the body in position, and hooks carried by said bodyand engaged in the openings in the handle receiving member above theedge of the implement upon which the body is engaged to prevent movementof said body.

2. A device of the class described comprising the combination With animplement proper, having a handle receiving member projecting therefromwith hook receiving openings in one side thereof, of a foot restincluding a body adapted for engagement upon the upper edge of theimplement, parallel depending members carried by the body and adaptedfor engagement upon opposite sides of the implement, a bolt engagedthrough said depending members and through the implement to secure thebody in position, and upwardly projecting hooks'carried by said body andengaged in said openings above the edge of the implement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto flffiX my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

JOHN F. REEDER.

\Vitnesses W. E. Lown, J. C. WVILLARD.

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Washington, I). G.

